Archive for November, 2010
Nissan Leaf to roll off same Smyrna assembly line as Maxima, Altima
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Manufacturing/Plants , Nissan At Nissan ‘s Oppama plant in Japan, the battery-powered Leaf rolls off the same line that the Juke and Cube crossovers strolled down just minutes before. Rather than dedicate a line for the electric hatch, Nissan streamlined the Leaf’s complex assembly process, allowing it to be built alongside a conventional auto
Proton Power's full cell range-extended Smith Electric truck inches closer to production
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hydrogen Proton Power announced that round one of its fuel cell range extender tests on the Smith Edison electric truck has wrapped up without a hitch. The vehicle, a Smith Edison light commercial van – based on the Ford Transit chassis and outfitted with Proton Power’s fuel cell setup – displayed a “significant increase” in range over the electric-only model. Round one of testing kicked off in September and, with that step complete, phase two is primed to begin.
Analyst: Sales of micro-hybrids to eclipse 34 million worldwide by 2015
Filed under: Hybrid , MPG As has been predicted before , micro-hybrid technology (a.k.a.
LA 2010: Chevy Volt wins 2011 Green Car of the Year title
Filed under: Chevrolet , Ford , Hyundai , Lincoln , Nissan , LA Auto Show Joel Ewanick, VP, U.S.
Sinclair X-1 is a bubbly electric bike that's priced right [w/video]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Transportation Alternatives , On Two Wheels Sinclair X-1 – Click above to watch video after the jump To us, the Sinclair X-1 looks like a recumbent bike trapped within a bubble. Lo and behold, that’s what it is. Well, sort of
